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Koine Greek wordlink #148535

SR GNT Yac 3:8 δαμάσαι (damasai) ‘but tongue no_one to tame is able of the people an unstable’ Strongs=11500 Lemma=damazō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active
Refers to Word #148534

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Other uses (1) of identical word form δαμάσαι (V-NAA....) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘δαμάσαι’ (V-NAA....) is always and only glossed as ‘to tame’.

Mark 5:4 ‘no_one was able him to tame’ SR GNT Mark 5:4 word 41

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘damazō’ have 3 different glosses: ‘has_been tamed’, ‘is_being tamed’, ‘to tame’.

Key: V=verb NAA....=infinitive,aorist,active